Catherine
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texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
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LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
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Hydrocarbons and lies have always been their top products.
Big Oil’s Climate Ads Have Propped Up Fake Promises and False Solutions for Past 25 Years, Report Finds - Inside Climate News
First-of-its-kind analysis of hundreds of climate-related advertisements from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell suggests that oil companies are continuing to mislead the public on climate.
insideclimatenews.org
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hydrocarbons and lies have always been their top products.
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“…an analysis from nonprofit organization Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, which found that less than 1.7 million acres of USFS land had been burned, thinned or treated in the first nine months of 2025 — compared to a 3.6 million acre average per year over the previous four years.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“…an analysis from nonprofit organization Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, which found that less than 1.7 million acres of USFS land had been burned, thinned or treated in the first nine months of 2025 — compared to a 3.6 million acre average per year over the previous four years.”
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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Bannon being chummy with Epstein behind the scenes and even helping him attempt a comeback is the kind of thing the writers would spike for being too perfect and unlikely lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Bannon being chummy with Epstein behind the scenes and even helping him attempt a comeback is the kind of thing the writers would spike for being too perfect and unlikely lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
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This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
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This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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This is what they “inherited” BTW
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is what they “inherited” BTW
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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Trump Imposes 25% Tariff On Chinese-Made Trump Products
Trump Imposes 25% Tariff On Chinese-Made Trump Products
WASHINGTON—In an attempt to stop U.S. markets from being flooded with foreign-made campaign merchandise and other licensed items promoting his brand, President Donald Trump signed an executive order F...
theonion.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Imposes 25% Tariff On Chinese-Made Trump Products
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All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI—In what they described as a collaborative effort to share resources and information in defense of U.S. territory, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday that all six branches of the ...
theonion.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
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DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
WASHINGTON—Reaffirming the Trump administration’s promise to crack down on individuals providing supervision and instruction to youngsters across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ...
theonion.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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In the California referendum, self-identified Democratic voters outnumbered self-identified Republicans by 22 percentage points. But Prop 50 passed by about 28 points. www.thebulwark.com/p/hey-republ...
Hey, Republicans: Blame Trump
Exit polls show Tuesday’s election was a referendum on the president and his policies.
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the California referendum, self-identified Democratic voters outnumbered self-identified Republicans by 22 percentage points. But Prop 50 passed by about 28 points. www.thebulwark.com/p/hey-republ...
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“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
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Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.
The wave is receding.
The wave is receding.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.
The wave is receding.
The wave is receding.
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
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As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard.
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard.
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
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One of Trump's billionaire buddies just bought Paramount. Now, he wants to buy Warner Bros.
That means one giant company could control almost everything you watch on TV.
That means one giant company could control almost everything you watch on TV.
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One of Trump's billionaire buddies just bought Paramount. Now, he wants to buy Warner Bros.
That means one giant company could control almost everything you watch on TV.
That means one giant company could control almost everything you watch on TV.